The pastel twlight gathers itself to canopy
their naked intimacy and the tenderness it deploys:
two men they are now, by legislative legality,
"going steady" some months now, since when they were still boys.
Starward
Author's Notes/Comments:
Inspired by J. V. Cunningham's poem, "Arms And The Man."
Lest a delicate reader become distressed, I assure you that these two young men, although fictive, have attained the legal age of consent in your vicinity.